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June 20, 1967 E. L. WALTERS ET AL 3,326,547

SHEET HANDLING APPARATUS FOR GLASS PLATES, ETC.

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1. IN APPARATUS FOR AUTOMATICALLY TRANSFERRING INDIVIDUAL SHEETS BETWEENA FIRST SUPPORT APPARATUS LOCATED IN ONE PLANE AND SECOND SUPPORTAPPARATUS LOCATED IN A DIFFERENT PLANE, A TRANSFER ASSEMBLY, COMPRISING(A) A FLOOR-SUPPORTED FRAMEWORK STATIONARILY MOUNTED ADJACENT TO AND INTHE PLANE OF THE FIRST SUPPORT APPARATUS, (B) HORIZONTAL SUPPORT TRACKSMOUNTED ON THE FRAMEWORK IN SPACED PARALLEL RELATION AND TRANSVERSELY OFSAID FIRST SUPPORT APPARATUS, (C) A CARRIAGE MOUNTED ON SAID TRACKS, (D)MEANS FOR MOVING THE CARRIAGE ALONG SAID TRACKS TOWARD AND AWAY FROMSAID SECOND SUPPORT APPARATUS, (E) MEANS FOR STOPPING MOVEMENT OF THECARRIAGE WHEN IT REACHES THE LIMITS OF ITS FORWARD AND REARWARDMOVEMENTS, (F) A VACUUM FRAME PIVOTALLY CARIED BY SAID CARRIAGE FORTRANSFERRING SUCCESSIVE SHEETS FROM ONE SUPPORT APPARATUS TO THE OTHERSUPPORT APPARATUS, (G) VACUUM CUP SUPPORT ARMS PIVTOALLY CARRIED BY THEVACUUM FRAME TO SWING ABOUT A HORIZONTAL AXIS, (H) VACUUM SUPS ON SAIDSUPPORT ARMS FOR SUPPORTING A SHEET WHILE BEING TRANSFERRED, (I) MEANSFOR SWINGING THE VACUUM FRAME RELATIVE TO THE CARRIAGE INTO AND OUT OFTHE PLANE OF THE FIRST SUPPORT APPARATUS AND THE PLANE OF THE SECONDSUPPORT APPARATUS, (J) MEANS FOR STOPPING SWINGING MOVEMENT OF SAIDVACUUM FRAME WHEN IT REACHES THE LIMITS OF ITS SWINGING MOVEMENTS, (K) ACYLINDER MOUNTED ON THE VACUUM FRAME, (L) BELL-CRANK LEVERS PIVTOALLYCARRIED BY THE VACUUM FRAME AND CONNECTED AT ONE OF THEIR ENDS TO THEVACUUM CUP SUPPORT ARMS (M) A SHAFT ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON THE VACUUMFRAME, (N) LINKAGE MEANS OPERATED BY SAID SHAFT AND CONNECTED TO THEOPPOSITE ENDS OF THE BELL-CRANK LEVERS, (O) A LEVER FIXED AT ONE END TOSAID SHAFT AND OPERATIVELY CONNECTED AT ITS OPPOSITE END TO SAIDCYLINDER FOR ROTATING SAID SHAFT AND ACTUATING SAID BELL-CRANK LEVERS,(P) ELECTRICALLY OPERABLE MEANS ON SAID VACUUM FRAME FOR STOPPINGFORWARD MOVEMENT OF THE VACUUM CUP SUPPORT ARMS, (Q) SECOND ELECTRICALLYOPERABLE MEANS ON SAID VACUUM FRAME FOR STOPPING REARWARD MOVEMENT OFSAID VACUUM SUP SUPPORT ARMS, (R) MEANS FOR CREATING A VACUUM AT SAIDVACUUM CUPS TO SUPPORT A SHEET, (S) MEANS FOR RELIEVING THE VACUUM ATSAID VACUUM CUPS TO RELEASE THE SHEETS, AND (T) ELECTRICAL CONTROL MEANSFOR SUCCESSIVELY INITIATING THE SWINGING MOVEMENT OF THE VACUUM FRAME,THE MOVEMENT OF THE VACUUM CUP SUPPORT ARMS RELATIVE TO THE VACUUMFRAME, AND THE MOVEMENT OF THE CARRIAGE ALONG SAID TRACKS.